Buckle.



O. H. BUDGE.

BUCKLE.

APPLIGATION FILED une, 1912.

l, 127,'72., Patented Feb.9, 1915.

Witness@ narran enanas naranja ontarien.

OLIVER I-I. BUDGE, OF LOGAN, UTAH.

BUCKLE.

Application. led January 6, 1912.

T0 all fr0/wm 'it may concern Be it known that 1, OLIVER H. BUDGE, citizen of the United States, residing at Logan, in the county of Cache and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles, and aims to provide a buckle which may be readily applied to two straps to be connected and will not be liable to become disengaged from the straps, should the straps become slack.

A further object of the invention is to provide a buckle so constructed that one of the straps to be secured while having relatively fixed connection with the buckle may be readily adjusted with respect thereto, and the other of which straps may be readily and quickly adjusted with respect to the buckle without interfering` in any way with the adjustment oi. the lirst mentioned strap. Incidentally the invention contemplates so constructing the buckle that any tendency of the last mentioned strap to become disengaged Yfrom the buckle will cause the member of the buckle which is designed to hold it at adjustment, to more firmly seat in holding position.

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a perspectiveY view of the buckle embodying therpresent invention, the same beingYY illustrated as applied to two straps to be connected. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the buckle detached from the straps and open. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line f1-4L of Fig. 1. i

In the drawing, the back of the buckle is indicated by the numeral 1 and is formed at each lateral edge with an upstanding flange 2. The flanges 2 at one end of the buckle are extended beyond the back 1 at the said end and upwardly as at 3 and are connected by means of a cross-bar 4. At their opposite ends, the flanges are also increased in height as at 5 and are connected by a cross-bar 6 which, for a purpose to beV presently explained is formed in its inwardly presented edge with notches 7. As will be observed from inspection of Fig. d of the drawing, the cross-bars 4 and 6 are located in the same plane and are spaced above the plane of the back 1 a suliicient distance to admit between the said back and the said cross-bars two straps to be connected, one of Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, `19215. Serial No. 669,823.

these straps being indicated by the numeral 8 and the other by the numeral 9 and the strap S being formed at intervals with pairs of openings 10 and the strap 9 with pairs oi openings l1.

rThe back 1 of the buckle is formed upon its upper side with a pair of upwardly projeoting studs 1Q arranged in transverse alinement and when the strap S is inserted between the back 1 and the cross-bars l and 6, these studs engage in one pair oi the openings 1() in the said strap and serve to hold the strap at adjustment in the buckle. That member of the buckle which is designed to hold the strap 9 at adjustment comprises a plate 13 having integral depending side flanges 11i which are extended rearwardly beyond the rear edge of the plate and have their extended portions pivoted as at 15 to the side flanges 2 of the body of the buckle. This plate 13 carries a pair of studs 16 which, when the plate is swung down to the position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and d of the drawing, project into the notches 7 in the cross-bar 6 and into a pair of openings 11 in the said strap 9. 1t will be observed from inspection of Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings that when the member 13 is swung down to hold the strap 9 at adjustment, its side flanges la will lie against the outer-.sides of the flanges 2 at the portions 5 thereof. 1n order that this member may be securely held against swinging up to release the strap 9, the portion 5 of each of the said flanges 2 is formed with a protuberance 17 and the side flanges 14 are formed with stamped out sockets 1S. The member 13 is preferably formed of resilient sheet metal and when swung down to engage its studs 16 with the strap 9, the side flanges 11i ride over the protuberances 17 and the socket portions 18 of the side flanges snap over these protuberances, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be readily understood that while the strap 8 may be adjusted with respect to the buckle, its adjustment is in one sense of the word, permanent, the strap 9 being the one which is more frequently adjusted, and it will be observed by referring to Fig. l that after the member 13 has been swung up to the position shown in Fig. 2 the strap 9 will be readily slid over the strap 8 and between the said strap and the cross-bars 4 and 6, the studs 12 being only sufficiently long to hold the strap 8 at adjustment without interfering withthe free' movement of the strap 9. The corners of the notches 7, of course, serve to a certain extent to reinforce the studs 1G.

A marked advantage possessed bythe buckle-"above" described, resides inthe fact that'in order to release the strap 9 for the purpose of adjustment, it is not necessary ytuojr'enderr the strap slack, but on the other handit ,isz onlynecessary to swing up the member 1? f ffl/Y/ ilefche lbuckle herein described is especially useful upon the stirrup strapsof saddles, it will be understood that it may be employed in numerous other ways.

AHavingthus described the invention what is claimed as new isz- 4 'ik ,buckle including a body having longitudinaliy"jlspaced laterally disposed cross `site'cross bar and the adjacent rear. edge of the lockingy plate, said stud being disposed to extend through one thickness of a strap arranged adjacent the back of the buckle, anda stud carried by the locking plate and arranged to project toward said backto engage one thickness of a strap disposed adj acent said cross bars. v

ln testimony, whereof, ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, OLIVER H. BUDGE.. [Ls] l/Vitnesses:

kGEORGE D. CARBON, JOSEPH E. CARBON.

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